document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1114362>Question 1114362</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me I can't figure this out AT ALL I've been on it for 1 hour and nothing please help.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In a recent golf match, Desmond’s score was 3 less than George’s score. Their combined scores totaled 187. Let d represent Desmond's score and g represent George's score.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Which pair of equations can be used to determine their scores? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d = g – 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d + g = 187<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d + g = 187<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d – g = 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d + g = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "187 + d = g<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "D.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "g = d – 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d + g = 187 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<font color=red>The answer is choice A.</font>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The system of equations is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = g-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d+g = 187\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here's why: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The statement \"Desmond's score was 3 less than George’s score\" means that whatever George gets, we subtract 3 from it to find out Desmond's score. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So in terms of an equation we would have <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Desmond's Score = (George's Score) - 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From here we replace \"Desmond's Score\" with the letter d, and likewise we replace \"George's Score\" with the letter g to get the first equation to be d = g-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For example, if George gets 50, then Desmond would get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = g-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 50-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 47<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So Desmond got 47 if George got 50. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The example fits with the description (that Desmond got 3 less than George)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is why the first equation is d = g-3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The other statement that \"Their combined scores totaled 187\" simply means that adding the two scores (d and g) results in 187. So we know that the second equation is d+g = 187\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The two equations d = g-3 and d+g = 187 form the system<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = g-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d+g = 187<BR>\n" );
document.write( "which leads us to the <font color=red>answer to be choice A</font><BR>\n" );
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